Second place for Marquez in Brno with Pedrosa battling up to 5th

Repsol Honda riders Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa experienced very different races today in the Czech Republic in front of 138,000 fans.

Starting from second on the grid, Marc held his position behind pole man Jorge Lorenzo from the beginning. Dani – who’s qualifying was affected by his injured left ankle – started from 9th but after being pushed around by Hernandez in the first corner he found himself in 12th. He climbed back up to 10th by the end of the first lap, and then by lap four he was already in 8th as Jorge and Marc set an incredible pace and a gap of over two seconds, with Marc setting the race’s fastest lap (1’56.048).

On lap seven Dani caught and passed Smith and was now in sixth, chasing down Dovizioso and Iannone ahead of him, meanwhile Jorge started to push and open up a small gap over him and Marc, which he controlled to the end. By lap sixteen, Dani was on the back of Dovizioso and pushing hard to overtake. He managed to pass briefly on the penultimate lap before being passed back, and then on the final lap Dani made his move stick and crossed the line to take 5th by just 0.075 seconds.

Marc remains third in the Championship Standings on 159 (52 points behind Lorenzo and Rossi on 211) and Dani is seventh on 91 points.

Marc Marquez

2ndChampionship Standing: 3rd - 159 points

"Today Jorge rode a very good race. We knew we were not far off him, but we were not close enough and we tried to stick with him, at least at the beginning of the race. After six or seven laps I began to lose performance and he was able maintain his pace. That's where the difference was made. We achieved the goal we had for today: to try and open a gap to Valentino and the others from the start so I’m happy about that. When we have difficulties, as we did this weekend, we still have to score points. I think that this second position is good."

Dani Pedrosa

5thChampionship Standing: 7th - 91 points

"Today I did not make a perfect start, but it was not that bad. However, when I entered the first corner Hernandez went very hard up the inside and I had to pick the bike up. I was able to save it but when I leant back over, coming out of the corner, his teammate caught up and also moved me off my line, so I lost positions and a lot of time. My pace was not as good as this morning and I did not have as good a feeling with the bike due to some problems with the front. It was hard for me to recover but eventually I caught up with Dovizioso and Iannone. The Ducatis are hard to overtake - on the straight they are very fast - but I managed to pass Dovi on the final lap. It's been a difficult weekend, even though today I could work better thanks to the physiotherapist and some medication."

MotoGP 2015Sunday, August 16th 2015

Race
Round 11
bwin Grand Prix Ceske republikyCzech Republic

Results Session

Dry

Humidity

54%

Track Temp

39°C

Air Temp

26°C

Pos.

Rider

Num

Nation

Points

Team

Constructor

Time/Gap

1

Lorenzo Jorge

99

SPA

25

Yamaha

42'53.042

2

Marquez Marc

93

SPA

20

Repsol Honda Team

Honda

+4.462

3

Rossi Valentino

46

ITA

16

Yamaha

+10.397

4

Iannone Andrea

29

ITA

13

Ducati Team

Ducati

+13.071

5

Pedrosa Dani

26

SPA

11

Repsol Honda Team

Honda

+15.650

6

Dovizioso Andrea

4

ITA

10

Ducati Team

Ducati

+15.725

7

Smith Bradley

38

GBR

9

Monster Yamaha Tech 3

Yamaha

+21.821

8

Espargaro Pol

44

SPA

8

Monster Yamaha Tech 3

Yamaha

+23.240

9

Espargaro Aleix

41

SPA

7

Team Suzuki Ecstar

Suzuki

+43.784

10

Petrucci Danilo

9

ITA

6

Pramac Racing

Ducati

+45.261

11

Hernandez Yonny

68

COL

5

Pramac Racing

Ducati

+49.973

12

Redding Scott

45

GBR

4

EG 0,0 Marc VDS

Honda

+50.174

13

Bautista Alvaro

19

SPA

3

Aprilia Racing Team Gresini

Aprilia

+54.437

14

Bradl Stefan

6

GER

2

Aprilia Racing Team Gresini

Aprilia

+54.624

15

Baz Loris

76

FRA

1

Athina Forward Racing

Forward Yamaha

+1'00.316

16

Barbera Hector

8

SPA

0

Avintia Racing

Ducati

+1'01.595

18

Di Meglio Mike

63

FRA

0

Avintia Racing

Ducati

+1'05.944

19

Miller Jack

43

AUS

0

LCR Honda MotoGP

Honda

+1'11.407

20

Corti Claudio

71

ITA

0

Athina Forward Racing

Forward Yamaha

+1'50.033

21

Abraham Karel

17

CZE

0

AB Motoracing

Honda

+2'02.655

22

Vinales Maverick

25

SPA

0

Team Suzuki Ecstar

Suzuki

DNF

23

Crutchlow Cal

35

GBR

0

Honda

DNF

24

Laverty Eugene

50

IRE

0

Aspar Team

Honda

DNF

25

De Angelis Alex

15

RSM

0

E-Motion IodaRacing Team

ART

DNF

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Location Information

The world’s most famous riders have taken part in GP events in Brno since 1930, where up until 1982 they would race through the villages and western parts of the city on a road track named after the first Czechoslovak President – T.G. Masaryk. The only venue that has hosted… read more.

Location Information

The world’s most famous riders have taken part in GP events in Brno since 1930, where up until 1982 they would race through the villages and western parts of the city on a road track named after the first Czechoslovak President – T.G. Masaryk. The only venue that has hosted… read more.